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>i dont ussualy post plans for a car but i got bored in my
>econ class, came up with a list and realized i didnt know
>too much about a few of them. well here is the list.
It's good to make a list and plan things out ahead of time, but WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS???? Do you want a street all motor car, a racing only all motor car? Going all out with that list will almost certainly make your car race only. It would be a chore to use on the street.
>gauges (duh)
always a good idea, more gauges are better than less, as long as you aren't spending you time looking at them instead of driving 
>S-AFC (to get it perfect)
I think it's a good mod, even with the AFX chip (if it ever comes into being)
>All suspension parts
not really engine mods but still important
>p/p intake
Again, good choice, but I wouldn't go TOO killer on the port for the street. Replace with one of those shortened aftermarket jobs or the 4 throttle body setup if you are going to race only, just do the port and polish on the stocker for the street.
>p/p head (would 1mm bigger valves help or hurt?)
For racing and very high rpms it would help, for the street it would not be a good idea. I think it was fast420A (or someone on the list, I remember commenting on a post about it) who can attest to the fact that porting the head for street use was a bad idea.
>Cams/gears (whenever they come out, also springs,
>retaianers, lifters, rockerarms)
Even just the cam gears help, just ask RS_Guy, I think he got some gains from some cam gear tuning. I don't know if he posted it here, but I do remember seeing a post very recently on the now little used mailing list
>12.5 compression (could this be done on pump gas? seems like
>i heard it could)
Not sure about that myself, but I am sure 11.5 to 1 can be used on pump gas.
>AFX ecu (depending on how many features it has may not need
>a S-AFC, but at least for the rpm)
We'll see what the future holds, but the safc might still be useful for fine tuning even with the chip. Otherwise, it's something else for ignition timing adjustment.
>weight redux (cf hood, f.g. fenders, all the other stuff)
Less weight is better, except on the street I wouldn't go without the bumpers, if you plan on removing them.
>Corbin's Intake spacer
Our intake manifolds heat soak too much, so this could be very useful.
>Egr blockoff (does this accually get you any power?)
No, or if it does it's not enough to worry about (a few tenths of a HP?)
>Full balance
cha ching! $$$$ long term goal, I am sure, but needed for a full race setup
>Lighten crank (any body tried this?)
You just did with your UD pulley. It should help some but again, only really cost effective for a full race setup.
>Dry sump oiling (i dont know how it makes more power, some
>one educate me. also is it possible?)
Do you have enough money, $$$$, benjamins, bills, C notes? Then anything is possible. The dry sump would technically help with more power by keeping oil vapors and such from the sump from putting a drag on the crankshaft. It is more useful in keeping good oil flow for a track car. Probably too expensive to do for a drag race car, different story for road racing.
>Stroker kit (when ever that makes it)
It'd be nice to see the power increase on the stroker kit. That should help low end too.
>AFX race udp
Eh, just take the belts off when you race. (I haven't even done this yet, maybe someday I'll get around to it)
>Ram air set up of some sort
I don't know how effective it would be, but it should be cheap to set up.
>Straight pipe
For racing only, we don't want you getting a big fine for running without one now...
>clutch/flywheel
Clutch only if you put enough power to kill the stock one. Flywheel probably won't matter, ours isn't too heavy, and a lighter flywheel will make the car harder to launch
>Slicks/skinnys
Buy Hoosiers, not Nittos, Goodyears, or Mickey Tomphsons. Ask the autocross DSM guys (the REAL serious ones) and any good FSAE team which slicks they like the best, they'll say Hoosiers. They are sticker and ligher than other makes but damn expensive. But hey, you want to win or not????
>ignition
Apexi ITC if Mike_97RS, myself, or someone else can figure it out. Otherwise it's the AFX chip or some standalone setup.
>could you spin a stroker up to
>8500rpm?
Maybe, good question, sorry I don't know the answer to that one.
also since corbin's spacer makes the intake
>manifold longer it helps low end torque, but does that in
>turn hurt high rpm performance. and if thats the case, then
>you could theoreticly mill off some of the manifold to get
>the lenght back to normal, right??? i know all this kinda
>sound like a newbie, but oh well
Yes, increasing the runner length will tune lower in the rpm range, but if that spacer is, say only 1/2 of an inch thick I wouldn't worry about it.
"Tutto fa brodo."
Todd Scungio
98 RS
15.173 @ 90.70 MPH
And also a 2011 Ralliart
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About the stroker if you want to be innovative we could push someone to make a de-stroker kit. This would allow more rpm without overstressing the engine, can we say S2000(10,000 rpm almost). 12.5 can be done, but I think you might need ignition retard(or just run higher octane gas). 
u can do it
